A translated quote of Toon Hermans, the
Dutch father of the one-man-show.
We left Villafranca in Lunigiana in the
morning and it took still some 30 kms of descent through the valley before we reached the sea. The crossing of the
Appenines from Parma to the sea as we did it is very beautiful.
Mostly quiet roads too, only past Aulla there was much traffic.
When we started it was not our
intention to see the Mediterrenean, but since we abided to our
Torinese advisor Gianni, here we are.
This stretch of coast is very popular
among sun and beach lovers. Some 40 kms we cycled along it and it is
one uniterrupted line of bars and restaurants with their own secluded
beaches, where you can rent a sun shade and 2 beach chairs for 20 or
more euros a day. We hardly saw the sea, as all these conveniences
were blocking the sight. So not much blue for us. Looking in the opposite direction we saw mountains with huge pieces missing. Understandble when you realise
that we passed Massa and Carrara. Since the tourists here transport
themselves by their private cars the roads were busy and it was
parked cars wherever you could look. It's high season, so we are not
complaining, but these are not the places where we want to be very
long.
Now we have landed at a campsite near
Viareggio and tomorrow we will continue to Lucca. Not very far from
here, but we want to see the place and have some time for that. As there are no campsites or
warmshowers hosts in the vicinity we expect that we will spend the
night there in a hotel or b&b-room.
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